By
Dr. John Loonsk
08:33 am
April 24, 2012
The meaningful use Stage 2 NPRM suggests SMTP as the transaction technology to connect all EHRs -- a decision more political than tech-savvy -- but the standard introduces new security concerns, supports only push, and falls short of what many people consider necessary for health information exchange. But there's still time left in the public...
By
Dr. John Loonsk
09:33 am
April 02, 2012
John Loonsk, MD, explains how health IT professionals offering opinions on the meaningful use Stage 2 NPRM can make substantive suggestions without actually weakening the regulation.
By
Dr. John Loonsk
09:37 am
January 18, 2012
Much of health IT falls flat from the patient's perspective.
By
Dr. John Loonsk
01:06 am
October 17, 2011
Will accountable care organizations follow the lead of HIEs in analyzing data across participating providers, or surpass them?
By
Dr. John Loonsk
01:59 pm
October 03, 2011
Or the most important health policy decision hidden as an obscure health IT technical evaluation that you may never have heard of.
By
Dr. John Loonsk
09:14 am
September 12, 2011
The years since the attacks have seen a series of events that, particularly when taken together, display the need for a broadly interconnected health system.
By
Dr. John Loonsk
10:03 am
August 18, 2011
The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) draft rule is out, and the political, clinical and technical trek is on to establish these lynchpins of the Affordable Care Act and health reform.
By
Dr. John Loonsk
04:11 pm
February 21, 2011
PCAST is a shot across the bow of the current health IT agenda.
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